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Here is a summary of article I thought you might be interested in. ‘More medicine is better’ culture lies at the heart of healthcare according to Dr. Aseem Malhotra “There is no doubt that a ‘more medicine is better’ culture lies at the heart of healthcare. “This is exacerbated by financial incentives within the system to prescribe more drugs and carry out more procedures - regardless of whether it benefits patients, it seems. “But there’s a more sinister barrier to making progress to raise awareness of - and thus tackle - such issues that we should be most concerned about. “And that’s the information that is being provided to doctors and patients to guide treatment decisions,” Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a London-based cardiologist, was quoted as saying in a recent article in The Daily Mail. He wrote: “For the sake of our future health and the sustainability of the NHS [Britain’s National Health Service] it’s time for real collective action against ‘too much medicine’, starting with the Public Accounts Committee launching a full independent inquiry into the efficacy and safety of medicines.” Dr. Malhotra is one of six doctors warning about the influence of drug companies on the prescribing of drugs. Here is the link to the entire article. http://www.fatnews.com/index.php/6021

‘More medicine is better’ culture lies at the heart of healthcare according to Dr. Aseem Malhotra

“There is no doubt that a ‘more medicine is better’ culture lies at the heart of healthcare.
“This is exacerbated by financial incentives within the system to prescribe more drugs and carry out more procedures - regardless of whether it benefits patients, it seems.
“But there’s a more sinister barrier to making progress to raise awareness of - and thus tackle - such issues that we should be most concerned about.
“And that’s the information that is being provided to doctors and patients to guide treatment decisions,” Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a London-based cardiologist, was quoted as saying in a recent article in The Daily Mail.

He wrote: “For the sake of our future health and the sustainability of the NHS [Britain’s National Health Service] it’s time for real collective action against ‘too much medicine’, starting with the Public Accounts Committee launching a full independent inquiry into the efficacy and safety of medicines.”

Dr. Malhotra is one of six doctors warning about the influence of drug companies on the prescribing of drugs.

Posted by: Larry Hobbs on Jul 28, 2016 - 8:40 am

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